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Friday With Friends

by tkbakesalot

Tomorrow night, we are having some friends over for dinner. With the cooler weather here, Randy requested that we have Swiss Steak with tomato gravy over mashed potatoes, so that is what we will be having. This is a great dish for company because you can put it in the crock pot and just let it cook all after noon, allowing the steak to get tender, no need for a knife when serving it.
The menu will be Swiss Steak, mashed potatoes, fresh green beans wrapped in bacon, salad, rolls and pumpkin cream cheese pie or old fashioned chess pie.
For table decor, the small little real pumpkins are in stores for $.99 at this time, so that will be my place cards..names will be written on the sides and a ribbon hot glued to the top. This is a easy and lovely idea for company coming in through the holiday season.

Swiss Steak
2 lbs beef top round steak, trimmed of extra fat and cut into small pieces. Sprinkle flour, salt and pepper over steak on both sides and quickly brown each piece in a skillet, which you have heated about 1/4 cup oil. When all pieces have been browned on both sides. Place steak in crock pot and pour a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes over steak and add 1 cup each,chopped onions, chopped green bell pepper and chopped celery. Stir, mixing well. Add 2 teas garlic powder, 1 teas salt and 1 teas pepper. Fill the tomato can half full and pour over mixture in crock pot. Cover and cook on hi for 4 hours, or on low for 6-7 hours. You can use the tomato gravy to pour over the mashed potatoes.

Purchase Book

March has arrived and gives us the usual winds which tend to send me quickly to the store to stock up on a case of hairspray! It also brings out spring decor which usually centers around bunnies, spring flowers and gorgeous days of sunshine. As we look forward to the end of the month when Christians all over the world celebrate Easter, may this month center around more than just bunny decor and spring flowers. May we center our hearts around how we should be looking around at folks that might need to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. My prayer for March is that I might live in such a way that will make anyone I encounter ask me where I place my hope. Besides the spring colors and bunnies that I put out around the house, may each person that enters our front door feel God's love and presence in such a way that will draw them to Him.
Sunday the pastor ask this question, "my hope is in ____________"
Where is my hope? Is It in where I live? My family" My spouse" My job" Or is it in the Living God that loves us so much He gave His Son to us that we might, through Him, have eternal life. March is a time of renewal, new growth, new hope.......may your hope be found in Him!